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. >>> now to our continuing coverage of president obama's second inauguration. after the speech making the president and first lady celebrated tonight after two official balls. here they dance as jennifer hudson sings the al green song let's stay together. >> ♪ >> for the second inauguration, president oe baa -- obama decided to have just two inauguration balls instead of the 10 from his first term. ken pritchett join us and tells us what the president said as he began his second term. >> reporter: the president was officially sworn in yesterday. today's swearing in was a ceremonial event. a public swearing in before by one estimate perhaps more than 1 million people. on a relatively mild and blue sky day president obama and the first lady took the traditional walk down pennsylvania avenue to the white house and to her second term. some waits houred. >> i breathe the air that obama breathes so it was worth it. >> reporter: the president took the oath of office just after noon today before a crowd that filled the national mall as far as the eye could see. mr.ob
. >>> now to our continuing coverage of president obama's second inauguration. after the speech making the president and first lady celebrated tonight after two official balls. here they dance as jennifer hudson sings the al green song let's stay together. >> ♪ >> for the second inauguration, president oe baa -- obama decided to have just two inauguration balls instead of the 10 from his first term. ken pritchett join us and tells us what the president said as he began...
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the 10-year-old asked president obama to stop gun violence. in response, the president invited him to the white house for today's announcement. >>> experts on gun policy are noting that president obama did not do what president george h.w. bush did after a school massacre in stockton in 1989. president obama did not use his authority to block the import of weapons that where not generally recognized for sporting purposes. >>> interior secretary, ken salazar the latest secretary to announce he is leaving the obama administration. he plans to step down in march to return to his home in colorado. president obama released a statement praising salazar on his work, saying he helped expand the development of domestic energy resources, while also protecting water, land, and wildlife. >>> actor conrad bane has died at the age of 89. many remember him from tv's "diff'rent strokes." >> i adopted willis and arnold, because they're great kids, and i love them. >> he played the kindly white man who adopted two young african american brothers. the nbc show d
the 10-year-old asked president obama to stop gun violence. in response, the president invited him to the white house for today's announcement. >>> experts on gun policy are noting that president obama did not do what president george h.w. bush did after a school massacre in stockton in 1989. president obama did not use his authority to block the import of weapons that where not generally recognized for sporting purposes. >>> interior secretary, ken salazar the latest...
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more than 25,000 people have signed this on-line petition asking president obama to fire the presidenter who pursued swartz for two years. >> is it like shoplifting from a video store or loaning a video to a friend. >> reporter: this is video of aaron swartz taken last summer. >> there is a battle going on right now to define everything that happens on the internet. >> reporter: his passion for open access is evident, but his actty vim got him into trouble with the lay. >> the fact he was indicted and charged with 13 felonies for a possible 35 years in jail just really seems completely out of proportion with trying to share knowledge. >> reporter: prosecutors had charged him for allegedly hacking into a website and downloading millions of documents. his trial was scheduled for april. >> it sounds to me like a case of the mrs. being overzealous, especially considering the crime he supposedly committed. >> reporter: swartz committed suicide last friday in new york. tonight, the tech community is mourning the loss of the 26- year-old prod gee, possibly best known for reddit. >> there's no o
more than 25,000 people have signed this on-line petition asking president obama to fire the presidenter who pursued swartz for two years. >> is it like shoplifting from a video store or loaning a video to a friend. >> reporter: this is video of aaron swartz taken last summer. >> there is a battle going on right now to define everything that happens on the internet. >> reporter: his passion for open access is evident, but his actty vim got him into trouble with the lay....
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obama with a 52% disapproval. when asked where america is heading, 33% had positive comments and 58 negative. >>> our ken pritchett and tori campbell are headed to the capital. they will have reports continues through inauguration day on monday. >>> a major new honda recall to tell you about tonight. >> also coming up the change in security that you'll notice at two bay area airports. >> the advertised warm up has arrived. coming up the warmest day of the holiday weekend and when >>> new video now of a shooting in east oakland, police say the victim is a young man he was shot and wounded about 8:30 tonight. we're told he was conscious but in critical condition when he was rushed to the hospital. police said he was shot at least once in the upper body. the shooting took place on congress avenue and high street. witnesses say they heard two shots but said they didn't hear any arguments beforehand. >>> there is word tonight a 3- year-old boy hit by a vehicle last night in oakland is expected to recover police say a w
obama with a 52% disapproval. when asked where america is heading, 33% had positive comments and 58 negative. >>> our ken pritchett and tori campbell are headed to the capital. they will have reports continues through inauguration day on monday. >>> a major new honda recall to tell you about tonight. >> also coming up the change in security that you'll notice at two bay area airports. >> the advertised warm up has arrived. coming up the warmest day of the holiday...
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president obama plans to make his own push for immigration reform tomorrow. >> reporter: we talked to a lot of undocumented workers in the canal district. some of whom have been lining up here for years for day labor jobs. many didn't hope for more until today. pedro garcia says he spent the past decade living in the so- called shadows. >> i've been here for a long time, and i just want to see my family. >> reporter: as one of the country's 11 million undocumented workers, he may soon be granted legal status. >> a couple years back, we were able to get that. it feels good. >> reporter: today's announcement is a 180-degree departure from a time when fear of deportation. >> there have been increasing numbers of deported people every year, since obama took office. >> reporter: she hopes the grand plan unveiled by senators today leads to real reform. >> i've been in practice since 1990. so the issue has come up several times, but major reform has only happened once in my career. >> it's just time, you know? >> reporter: the executive director of the canal alliance is cautiously optimistic
president obama plans to make his own push for immigration reform tomorrow. >> reporter: we talked to a lot of undocumented workers in the canal district. some of whom have been lining up here for years for day labor jobs. many didn't hope for more until today. pedro garcia says he spent the past decade living in the so- called shadows. >> i've been here for a long time, and i just want to see my family. >> reporter: as one of the country's 11 million undocumented workers, he...
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this comes as president obama is set to call for tighter gun restrictions. the nra has taken aim at violent games. but now they have released this shooting range app. >> i don't think it's consistent with a good shot. >> reporter: it has an original age restriction of four. it's now been raised to 12. tomorrow mr. obama will call on congress to ban assault weapons and limit high capacity clips like those used in the deadly sandy hook school shooting and require background checks on all gun buyers. >> will all of them get through this congress, i don't know. >> the head of the nra predicts failure. >> but i would say that the likelihood is they're not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. >> reporter: new york lawmakers were able to pass the toughest assault weapons restriction in the nation. it was signed by governor cuomo today. president obama will be joined by school children who wrote to him following the school shooting at sandy hook elementary. reporting live tonight, heather holmes, ktvu news. >>> new at 10:00, a peacef
this comes as president obama is set to call for tighter gun restrictions. the nra has taken aim at violent games. but now they have released this shooting range app. >> i don't think it's consistent with a good shot. >> reporter: it has an original age restriction of four. it's now been raised to 12. tomorrow mr. obama will call on congress to ban assault weapons and limit high capacity clips like those used in the deadly sandy hook school shooting and require background checks on...
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the obama administration has limited funding to research stem cell lines that came from embryos from fertility clinic that other wise would have been thrown away. >>> president obama named his choices for director of defense. reporter craig boswell tells us now both men are sure to face tough questioning during their confirmation hearings. >> reporter: president obama makes a pair of high profile nominations. >> john brenham. >> reporter: hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska and a decorated vietnam senator. >> he will be the first person of enlisted rank to serve as secretary of defense. >> reporter: while the president's pointed out hagel's gop nomination many are lining up against the nomination. >> chuck hagel has said previously that he doesn't believe we ought to keep all options on the table when it comes to an aranian nuclear threat. >> he has not been a friend to israel and in my deal the united states should stand with israel. >> reporter: as for brennan. >> a 35 year veteran of the cia. john knows what our national security demands. >> reporter: brennan was fu
the obama administration has limited funding to research stem cell lines that came from embryos from fertility clinic that other wise would have been thrown away. >>> president obama named his choices for director of defense. reporter craig boswell tells us now both men are sure to face tough questioning during their confirmation hearings. >> reporter: president obama makes a pair of high profile nominations. >> john brenham. >> reporter: hagel is a former republican...
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. >>> president obama signed a bill making pinnacle's national monument the country's 59th and newest national park. pin -- pinnacle is now the closest national park to the bay area. it gets its name from the rocks made from an extent volcano. it's culturally significant to several native american tribes. it's also popular with rock climbers. the new designation is expected to draw more visitors and business to the area. most visitors visit in spring and fall because it can be very hot during the summer months. >>> allowed what sounded to me like an explosion. almost like a shotgun blast. >> a big rig crashes falls 30 feet from >>> a paramedic that pulled a driver from a big rig wants to find the two men who helped him. rob roth shares the paramedic story and the images now sered in his memory. >> you can see right there it's singed. >> reporter: perry hood suffered second degree burns on his arm trying to save a man he never knew. >> we did everything we could. >> reporter: this is what the big rig looked like seconds after hookie and the others managed to pull the driver. a big rig
. >>> president obama signed a bill making pinnacle's national monument the country's 59th and newest national park. pin -- pinnacle is now the closest national park to the bay area. it gets its name from the rocks made from an extent volcano. it's culturally significant to several native american tribes. it's also popular with rock climbers. the new designation is expected to draw more visitors and business to the area. most visitors visit in spring and fall because it can be very hot...
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president obama set the vice president as head of the association against violence. >>> james holmes is the man accused of killing 12 people inside a movie theater. >> they are saying someone is shooting in the auditorium. >> reporter: the call from the theater in aurora lasted 27 seconds with the caller drowned out by the sounds of gunshots. 30 gunshots were heard in that one call alone. today an fbi agent took the stand and described a massive booby trap in the suspect's apartment. it included smokeless powder and live rounds. >>> mcclain wears number 55 he was pulled over for a window tint violation in decatur alabama. he lied about his identity and was arrested. mcclain was previously arrested for firing a gun right next to a man's face also in decature. >>> the parents of the debate group pflag died in her home. jeanne ma nford was a teacher turned activist after her son was beat to death during a demonstration. seen here, she wrote a letter to a newspaper saying simply, i have a homo sexual son and i love him. >>> a man took on a burglar who tried to break into his house. what
president obama set the vice president as head of the association against violence. >>> james holmes is the man accused of killing 12 people inside a movie theater. >> they are saying someone is shooting in the auditorium. >> reporter: the call from the theater in aurora lasted 27 seconds with the caller drowned out by the sounds of gunshots. 30 gunshots were heard in that one call alone. today an fbi agent took the stand and described a massive booby trap in the suspect's...
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president obama could select this selection as soon as next week. hagel could face opposition in the senate for disparaging comments that he made in the past about israel and gays. >>> an airline pilot arrested for intoxicate as he was preparing for a flight. plus thousands of fake guns destroyed in mexico. the connection they have to real crime. >> we have clear skies right now but a weather system is developing offshore. the timing of the heaviest rain this weekend and the one direction temperatures will be heading over the i wanted to be in the military since i was a kid. i served a total of 16 years. and at 19 years old, that's the first time i ever saw somebody die. coming back, i was raging. i started having pretty horrible nightmares. i started drinking a lot. i guess i never recognized it in myself. it all starts with going to the va. there's a whole community of veterans that just want to help you out. it's for the guys who couldn't come back, you owe it to them to live well. because they're not here with their families. >>> an american eag
president obama could select this selection as soon as next week. hagel could face opposition in the senate for disparaging comments that he made in the past about israel and gays. >>> an airline pilot arrested for intoxicate as he was preparing for a flight. plus thousands of fake guns destroyed in mexico. the connection they have to real crime. >> we have clear skies right now but a weather system is developing offshore. the timing of the heaviest rain this weekend and the one...
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where the heaviest downpours are right now and where it finally starts >>> president obama announced a major change in the mission in afghanistan during a meeting at the white house with afghan president. >> it'll be a historic moment. >> reporter: president obama said after 11 careers careers -- years of war it's time for afghans to do their own fighting. he added the pace of troop withdraw is not yet set but most if not all american forces will be out by december 2014. >>> in other news of the world tonight in the western african nation of mali, forced opened fire. france said it was coming to the aid of soldiers. the militants are taking control of large parts of mali in recent months. >>> survivors of the contra concordia were told not to come to the anniversary. the owner said the problem is there isn't enough room on the island to accommodate the survivors. instead the day is being reserved for families of the 32 people who tide one year ago. >>> and in russia, scientists say an erupting volcano is forming a lake of molten lava. officials may be in danger from the lava and pois
where the heaviest downpours are right now and where it finally starts >>> president obama announced a major change in the mission in afghanistan during a meeting at the white house with afghan president. >> it'll be a historic moment. >> reporter: president obama said after 11 careers careers -- years of war it's time for afghans to do their own fighting. he added the pace of troop withdraw is not yet set but most if not all american forces will be out by december 2014....
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million american, 18 million in india and the two most followed are richard branson followed by president obama. linked in stock climbed 2% following the newsenedding at $113 a share. >>> facebook has e-mailed this cryptic invitation to reporters for a press conference next tuesday at headquarters the line come see what we are build something the only hint. some tech blogs are speculating facebook may be releasing a smart phone others say that is unlikely. >>> governor brown is set to release his budget plan for the next fiscal year at the state capital tomorrow the projected california budget gap is just under $2 million. lawmakers also say governor brown's plan may include spending as much as $500 million of prop 39 tax money to make public schools more energy efficient. >>> a federal judge gave final approval to a $1 million settlement in the uc davis pepper spraying incident. people everywhere were outraged by that incident under the settlement the 21 students will each get $30,000 another $100,000 will be split among 15 other individuals. and attorneys will be paid $250,000 in fees. >>> sa
million american, 18 million in india and the two most followed are richard branson followed by president obama. linked in stock climbed 2% following the newsenedding at $113 a share. >>> facebook has e-mailed this cryptic invitation to reporters for a press conference next tuesday at headquarters the line come see what we are build something the only hint. some tech blogs are speculating facebook may be releasing a smart phone others say that is unlikely. >>> governor brown...
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. >>> president obama, first lady michelle and the first dog bo all greeted students from the peninsula. one of the students told us they were on a public tour when they were asked to wait for a special visitor. the students ended up missing their flight but say it was well worth it. >>> the bullet went through here and hit me in the stomach right here. >>> ernesto is one of the victims. his younger brother told ktvu today four men in their early 20s pulled up in front of the family home last night asking questions about whether the teens were gang members then asking questions about their shoes. >> they were asking like questions like do we bang. like no and my cousin had some cortez'. >> the teen says nike cortez athletic shoes are what gang members in the area like to wear. police say the teens wounded last night are not gang members. >>> as ktvu's robert handa tell us the suspects took off in the victim's two cars. >> reporter: police today are looking for two to three men that pulled off what officers call a brazen robbery last night. investigators describe the men as latino or pac
. >>> president obama, first lady michelle and the first dog bo all greeted students from the peninsula. one of the students told us they were on a public tour when they were asked to wait for a special visitor. the students ended up missing their flight but say it was well worth it. >>> the bullet went through here and hit me in the stomach right here. >>> ernesto is one of the victims. his younger brother told ktvu today four men in their early 20s pulled up in...
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the bill passed the senate yesterday, and is now awaiting president obama's signature, senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein sponsored the bill. the federal designation would likely bring a tourism boost. >>> the california supreme court ruled that people who get hurt on bumper cars and rough rides assume some risk when they decide to go on the ride. the ruling stemmed from a lawsuit brought by a san jose woman who fractured a wrist riding on a right at great america. >>> good evening to you. freezing temperatures returning to the bay area late tonight. looking at stormtracker 2 over the last several hours, we watched high clouds move through the bay area, now to the south of us, we're dealing with partly cloudy skies. outside our doors right now, widespread mid-30s, to low 40s. already cooling off. if this is just the beginning of your evening, 37 in santa rosa at midnight. 44 san francisco, where the fireworks will be going on. 38 in concord. 38degrees expected livermore now, with the partly cloudy skies, the calm conditions, we will be cooling off once again, back to 31 degrees
the bill passed the senate yesterday, and is now awaiting president obama's signature, senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein sponsored the bill. the federal designation would likely bring a tourism boost. >>> the california supreme court ruled that people who get hurt on bumper cars and rough rides assume some risk when they decide to go on the ride. the ruling stemmed from a lawsuit brought by a san jose woman who fractured a wrist riding on a right at great america....
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just about 30 minutes ago, president obama signed the tax deal hammered out in congress. on wall street, investors today reacted enthusiastically. the dow jones industrial average rose 308 points. more than 2%. that is the dow's biggest gain in a year. the nasdaq was also up 92. a 3% increase. so, one fiscal cliff crisis averted. as rita williams tells us, there are still big hurdles ahead. >> reporter: a new year and new faces on capitol hill, facing some old issues. >> this morning, we got the keys to the office. >> reporter: the area representative, eric swalwell, 32, is one of the members to be sworn in tomorrow. >> i'm going to work in washington, and do the same thing i did as a city council member in dublin. which is work with people on both sides of the aisle to solve our problems. >> reporter: problems and gridlock unlike anything back home. >> we're going to lurch from one crisis to the next. because we've got three more fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: deep automatic spending cuts, or a new combination of taxes and cuts that could result in a fiscal diet both partie
just about 30 minutes ago, president obama signed the tax deal hammered out in congress. on wall street, investors today reacted enthusiastically. the dow jones industrial average rose 308 points. more than 2%. that is the dow's biggest gain in a year. the nasdaq was also up 92. a 3% increase. so, one fiscal cliff crisis averted. as rita williams tells us, there are still big hurdles ahead. >> reporter: a new year and new faces on capitol hill, facing some old issues. >> this...